How democracy ends / David Runciman.
By: Runciman, David [author.]
Publisher: London : Profile Books, 2018Description: 249 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781781259740; 9781782834120Subject(s): Trump, Donald, 1946- | Democracy -- Case studies | Democracy -- Western countries | Coups d'état | Catastrophical, TheDDC classification: 321.8 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 321.8 RUN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 015064 |
Preface: thinking the unthinkable -- Introduction: 20 January 2017 -- Coup! -- Catastrophe! -- Technological takeover! --Something better? -- Conclusion: this is how democracy ends -- Epilogue: 20 January 2053.
"Democracy has died hundreds of times, all over the world. We think we know what that looks like: chaos descends and the military arrives to restore order, until the people can be trusted to look after their own affairs again. However, there is a danger that this picture is out of date. Until very recently, most citizens of Western democracies would have imagined that the end was a long way off, and very few would have thought it might be happening before their eyes as Trump, Brexit and paranoid populism have become a reality. David Runciman, one of the UK's leading professors of politics, answers all this and more as he surveys the political landscape of the West, helping us to spot the new signs of a collapsing democracy and advising us on what could come next."-- Profile Books website.